Musk tells why ‘civilization is going to crumble’

Source: https://www.rt.com/usa/542451-elon-musk-civilization-crumble-population/
Published: Dec 7, 2021
Author: staff
Post Date: 2021-12-07 10:16:08 by Ada
Views: 3351

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has called all those believing our planet is overpopulated to think again. It is depopulation, not overpopulation, that is going to be humanity’s doom, the Tesla CEO believes.

The world population is nearing 8 billion, but Musk believes there are still “not enough people” on Earth. “I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and the rapidly declining birthrate,” the Tesla and SpaceX head, who is also a father of six, told Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council on Tuesday.

“So many people, including smart people, think that there are too many people in the world and think that the population is growing out of control,” Musk said, adding that the situation is “completely the opposite.”

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“If people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble, mark my words,” the billionaire predicted. The World Bank’s data shows that the global birth rate has been in decline since 1963, with a slight recovery around the early 1980s.

Musk also said he does not really like any idea of people trying to “live for a super-long life,” not to mention immortality. This would only lead to stagnation as no new ideas would be allowed to thrive, he believes.

“I think it is important for us to die because most of the times, people don’t change their mind, they just die. If they live forever, then we might become a very ossified society where new ideas cannot succeed,” the entrepreneur said. He also said it was important for people in “very important” security positions to have “sufficient presence of mind and cognitive ability” to make good decisions, adding that he was not “poking fun at aging.”

Musk’s concern about birth rates might have something to do with his own future plans, though, since he spoke about the prospects of humanity becoming a “multiplanetary” species, and said that his SpaceX Starship rocket, which is currently under development, might just be the key to making this a reality.

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#1: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#0)

He has no more of a soul than any billionaire, I fear. Yep, drumming up biznis for his insane interplanetary schemes. Why doesn't he concentrate on making an actually safe product right here on earth, huh? NOT the fraudulent, preposterous 'electric' car please!

I hate hate HATE him, Bezos, Soros and the whole stinking mob of them! Pity their children -- some will grow up to carry their dads' insane elitist traditions and 'woke' politics. Some will likely commit suicide.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-07 20:02:36   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#1)

Haven't quite made up my mind on Musk--he's not of the same cloth as Gates, Bezos and Zuckerberg.

What he is saying here is that we need more young people lest our society become ossified. If you look at the ages of those leading the country right now, he has a point.

Ada posted on 2021-12-08 09:26:12   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Lod    To: Ada (#2)

I'll take Musk and Bezos over Gates and the Zuckster every day, all day.

Lod posted on 2021-12-08 11:13:01   Reply   Private Reply

#4: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#2)

Surely he's just concerned about his utopian schemes having a chance, like the RCC which professes staunch opposition to 'abortion' because it wants enuf members to take over the world.

Pardon my cynicism, but that's how it looks to me.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-08 11:13:04   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Ada    To: Lod (#3)

Bezos used to be fun until he bought The Washington Post and decided to turn sybarite.

Ada posted on 2021-12-08 11:45:14   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#4)

Yes, he could be wasting his time and money, that its his to waste. He does seems to have the curiosity to want to know what's up there. And doesn't seem to want to be distracted by enormous yachts and real estate.

Ada posted on 2021-12-08 11:49:24   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Lod    To: Ada, NN, 4um (#6)

Musk is a genius by any metric while Bezos developed the greatest sales and delivery method known to mankind.

Lod posted on 2021-12-08 11:56:59   Reply   Private Reply

#8: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#6)

He's awful. I'm not worried about him wasting money -- want him to do plenty of it, but not to carry others along on his disgusting pie-in-the- sky notions.

These ppl are deranged and srsly warping our lives every day.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-08 11:58:42   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Ada    To: Lod (#7)

Still not sure whether Musk is a genius or this century's P.T. Barnum. (I'm not sucker enough to want a Tesla.) Bezos is a retired genius who now just wants to spend the money he's earned.

Ada posted on 2021-12-08 12:13:12   Reply   Private Reply

#10: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#8)

but not to carry others along on his disgusting pie-in-the- sky notions.

He's not the gummint and, therefore, doesn't force anyone to buy a Tesla or fly in one of his spaceships.

He opposed Biden's infrastructure bill

Ada posted on 2021-12-08 12:17:50   Reply   Private Reply

#11: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#10)

He's all yours.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-08 12:20:14   Reply   Private Reply

#12: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#11)

I h'aint buying no Tesla.

Ada posted on 2021-12-08 13:07:04   Reply   Private Reply

#13: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#12)

Oh but you must -- show the great innovator your support for real!

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-08 13:43:11   Reply   Private Reply

#14: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#13)

He's not a detail man and lithium batteries have their problems

Ada posted on 2021-12-08 13:44:48   Reply   Private Reply

#15: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#14)

Their explosions are certainly a minor consideration.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-08 13:47:38   Reply   Private Reply

#16: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#15)

Anglin on Musk

Ada posted on 2021-12-10 11:46:21   Reply   Private Reply

#17: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#16)

Really great -- second best thing to VHEMT. But what's that about a dog? Am afraid to ask :s

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-11 09:57:10   Reply   Private Reply

#18: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#17)

Only thing I know about Musk and his dog is that he named a crypto after him.

cryptocurrency named after Elon Musk's dog

Ada posted on 2021-12-11 11:37:28   Reply   Private Reply

#19: BTP Holdings    To: NeoconsNailed (#15)

Their explosions are certainly a minor consideration.

I heard one of Tesla's electric cars burned to the ground. No wrecking company would touch it because the batteries were considered Haz Mat since they contents of the batteries were secret. ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2021-12-11 12:14:58   Reply   Private Reply

#20: NeoconsNailed    To: BTP Holdings (#19)

Oh great, more secrecy. Can you imagine what a nice simple life people of one and two centuries ago had compared to us? There was a lot more drudgery for some,but vastly less toxic technomania.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-11 13:01:20   Reply   Private Reply

#21: BTP Holdings    To: NeoconsNailed (#20)

Oh great, more secrecy. Can you imagine what a nice simple life people of one and two centuries ago had compared to us? There was a lot more drudgery for some,but vastly less toxic technomania.

Before the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor, the U.S. had already broken the Jap Naval Code. They knew the attack was coming but they sent word by U.S. Mail rather than by secure military channels.

FDR did this because he knew such an attack would provoke a war with Japan.

The U.S. also knew the Japs were training in a harbor with shallow depths that were similar to Pearl Harbor.

When you put all the pieces of the puzzle together you can see what it spells out.

Japan wanted to invade mainland America. But Yamamoto had attended University here. He told them, "It would be a bad idea. There will be a man with a rifle BEHIND EVERY BLADE OF GRASS." ;)

BTP Holdings posted on 2021-12-11 13:15:12   Reply   Private Reply

#22: NeoconsNailed    To: BTP Holdings (#21)

FDR did this because he knew such an attack would provoke a war with Japan.

He was so good at figuring things out :s

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-11 14:29:19   Reply   Private Reply

#23: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#18)

Easy, no-strings chances to get filthy rich are growing on trees.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-12 00:54:49   Reply   Private Reply

#24: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#23)

Guess the dog in Dogecoin is his. He does look kinda gay.

Ada posted on 2021-12-12 08:27:30   Reply   Private Reply

#25: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#24)

"It pains me to even say it after those unnatural acts he did with that gay dog" -- pretty serious allegation to toss around.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-12 21:44:01   Reply   Private Reply

#26: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#25)

Images of Musk and his pet Floki

Ada posted on 2021-12-12 23:56:01   Reply   Private Reply

#27: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#26)

?

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-13 05:17:48   Reply   Private Reply

#28: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#27)

I think Anglin has some objection to Dogecoin

Ada posted on 2021-12-13 11:01:21   Reply   Private Reply

#29: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#27)

?

I do not understand crypto but I think Anglin was criticizing Musk for something to do with Dogecoin and not his actual dog.

Tweets from the world's richest person, Elon Musk. Musk adopted a Shiba Inu-breed dog this summer, and he's been posting Shiba Inu-themed memes for an even longer period of time. Even though these tweets have nothing to do with Shiba Inu, his tweets are often conflated as a buy signal for SHIB hodlers.

Copied from an article Could Shiba Inu lose 99% of its value

Ada posted on 2021-12-14 11:33:01   Reply   Private Reply

#30: NeoconsNailed    To: Ada (#29)

That eventually got thru my thick head, but thanx. Anglin is so 'hip' and 'now' and 'with it' in youth culture he -- for all his great points -- often loses me. Any clue what's with this orb stuff?

dailystormer.su/memetic-m...season-to-ponder-the- orb/

And hey, congrats on all these views and replies! What's your secret ;)

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-12-14 12:09:10   Reply   Private Reply

#31: Ada    To: NeoconsNailed (#30)

Any clue what's with this orb stuff?

Nope. I understand only about half of Anglin's memes.

Here's a clue:

"An orb is an item that is used to craft certain held items and items for summoning certain Legendary Pokémon. It can be obtained by defeating shiny mega Boss Pokémon, defeating normal type Totem Pokémon, and in loot chests inside of certain structures. Orbs do not stack in the inventory."

And I think it has something to do with blockchain.

Ada posted on 2021-12-14 13:14:26   Reply   Private Reply